2004 (7) TMI 438

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....n, Advocate, for the Respondent. [Order]. -  This is Revenue appeal against the order passed by the Commissioner (Appeals). The issue relates to applicability of clause of unjust enrichment. 2. Heard both sides. 3. The appellants undertake manufacturing of certain goods on behalf of their principal manufacturer M/s. Adishakti International Pvt. Ltd. It is admitted positi....

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....ion made by the appellants to the effect that since M/s. Adishakti International Pvt. Ltd. had not passed on the incidence of higher payment of duty to their respective customers in terms of Section 11B(2), the claim is not hit by the clause of unjust enrichment and allowed the appeal. The Revenue appeal challenges the findings of the Commissioner (Appeals). 5. I have considered the rival ....

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....dison & Company Limited reported in 2003 (161) E.L.T. 460 (Tri. - Chennai). The Para 11 of the High Court's order as extracted in Para 6 of the Tribunal's judgment referred to above, reads as under :- 'Where the claimant is a manufacturer, the clause applicable would be clause (d) of the proviso to 11B(2). That clause refers to "duty of excise paid by the manufacturer, if he had not passed on i....